23 June 2026 4 min read
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“There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.” — Socrates

世上只有一種善,知識;也只有一種惡,無知。

“School is one thing. Education is another. The two don’t always overlap. Whether you’re in school or not, it’s always your job to get yourself an education.” — Austin Kleon

“Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.” — Albert Einstein

“Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think.” — Albert Einstein

“Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.” — Socrates

“The most important thing we learn at school is the fact that the most important things can’t be learned at school.” — Haruki Murakami, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

“When you stop learning you start dying.” — Albert Einstein

畢業是站在制度性學習的終點、自主性學習的起點。 — 龍應台

“Live to learn and you’ll really learn to live.” — John C. Maxwell

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” — Mahatma Gandhi

“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” — Mark Twain



School lays the foundation, but true education starts when you step beyond the classroom.


Learning is a lifelong process.

凡是沒有在持續學習的人,精神上早已死去 — 只有死人才不學習。

真正的終身學習者,無論活到幾歲,大腦總是為「未知」留下一席之地,因此他們永遠年輕。

那些自稱「沒時間學習」的人,其實是選擇像機器人一樣操作眼前的生活。

有些人活著,卻如同行屍走肉,因為他們從不思考;有些人死了,卻永遠活著,因為他們的思想永存。


There are two types of people:

  1. Those who want to know more.
  2. Those who want to defend what they already know.

The first group approaches the world with openness and a growth mindset — they see every encounter as an opportunity to learn, revise, and expand their understanding. The second group operates from a fixed mindset — they treat knowledge as a possession to be protected, and new information as a threat to their established worldview.

The tragedy of the second type is that they are often unaware of their own limitation. Defensiveness masquerades as conviction; certainty disguises stagnation. Meanwhile, the first type experiences a compounding advantage: every new thing they learn opens doors to further questions, creating a virtuous cycle of growth.


當知道的越多,就會發現不知道的也越多

讀書若不思考,只會讓你自以為知道很多;讀書並深思,才會讓你清楚自己所知有限。

“The wisest mind has something yet to learn.” — George Santayana

“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” — Socrates

“Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.” 1 — Confucius 2 3

“He who knows best knows how little he knows.” — Thomas Jefferson

“The fool who knows he is a fool is that much wiser. The fool who thinks himself wise is a fool indeed.” — Buddhism

“We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.” — Benjamin Franklin

  • The more you know, the more you realize you don’t know.
  • The more I learn, the less I feel I know.
  • The more you learn, the more you are exposed to the immense unknown.
  • Experts are only aware of what they don’t know.

學海無涯、學無止境


永續學習可以帶來知識再生的力量,讓我們一生保持源源不絕的學習動力。


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Footnotes

  1. “The greater the ignorance, the greater the dogmatism.” — William Osler

  2. 知其不知,斯為知也。

  3. 真知者,知其所不知也。

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